DRX International German Rallycross Championship 2013 – Round 2
Gründautalring, Gründau, Germany
“This really drives me crazy! This has been such an unlucky season for us so far“, said Andreas Schrader when the team left the Gründautalring already on Saturday evening with a damaged VW Polo. In free and timed practice Schrader outmatched his competitors and he was even faster than the all-wheel-drive SuperCar in the field. But there is a wise saying: “To finish first you have to finish first” and this what the team couldn’t achieve at that day.
At the start of heat 1 the differential broke and there was no way to fix it. “Maybe this is a late effect of the gearbox damage of last race’s disaster. We completely took the diff apart and cleaned it, but there may have been leftovers.“ adds Schrader disappointed. “However, we have to look forward. We found another Gemini gearbox/differential set in Greece and bought it. We hope to be able to compete in our home race at the Estering at the End of June.”